Uniformly repeating cheeseburgers, french fries, hotdogs, pretzels, doughnuts and red velvet cakes fill the frame of Kenya’s drawings. In between the mouth-watering food, you will find the faces of Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Bob Marley and Desmond Dekker. Kenya pairs iconic American foods with his favorite reggae artists.
Born in 1975, Kenya was raised in a West Indian home in Brooklyn where food and music played a big role in his daily life. In 2005, Kenya became a member of LAND, an art studio and gallery for adults with intellectual disabilities located in Dumbo, Brooklyn. A self-proclaimed “art school gangster,” Kenya hangs out five days a week in the LAND studio happily drawing food and music, the things he loves.
Publication Year: 2017
Pages: 112
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11"
Materials: Paperback book
Western Exhibitions
(West Town)
Western Exhibitions is a contemporary art gallery that shows thought-provoking, and visually innovative artists who work across most media, with an emphasis on personal narratives and cosmologies; LGBTQ and feminist artists and issues; pattern, decoration and surface concerns; works on paper; and artist books. Western Exhibitions presents unique artist projects, curated group shows and maintains a specific inventory of artist books and multiples, gathered together as a sister entity and store, WesternXeditions.